So...major in ART...then enter a workplace where artists are in low demand and are not paid well? How about photography instead? Pursue that passion...only to realize after you've accrued 4 years of debt (assuming you didn't go for an MFA) that the workplace isn't highly demanding photographers?

How about instead -…

And sorry, but

That's not true. Go visit Silicon Valley sometime buddy. You'll find LOADS..LOADS of people who are pretty brilliant at software design - who are not passionate about it at all.

They're passionate about being good at what they do. And turns out they're pretty good at software design. My ex just got hired by Google…

IT IS quite the shirt! I would wear it on days when I want to remain completely celibate.

Iiiiiin which case...I'll just use it to wash my car when it arrives then.... :)

1) Trademark that NOW. (seriously, that made me do the "I'm a pervert but some of these ppl I'm drinking with don't know me that well" smirk)

No aggro here, but do you have a reference for the steroid accusation?

(...former athlete here, asking in order to possibly feel a little less guilty about no being at my desired optimal weight/fat %)

No...baseball itself took care of that. Any sport where a starter can easily spend more time sitting on his/her backside watching the sport being played is questionable in my book.

This is true, but I'll readily admit to (and not be ashamed of) my very strong anti-american football bias.

The CTE controvery is the best thing to come along in decades, and I won't miss the barbarism when it eventually wanes...

I'm with you on this. Rugby athletes, in -10C weather still only RARELY go with full-finger gloves.

NFL catchers however...in all seasons, all the time. I also think it's pretty poor.

Oh, don't you apologize for chucking brevity out the window - look at my comment history and you'll see I'm an egreeeegious repeat offender.

I know your experience isn't representative of all Greeks, but I do think it's cool that you admit that the non-socializing aspects of Greek life are a small fraction of it. I think that may be the crux of many non-Greeks overarching issue - that it is basically paying for friends.

Putting my personal issues…

"YOU AND YOUR SENSIBLE THOUGHTS ARE NOT WELCOME HERE"

I WANT NONE.

YES, I'M STILL JEALOUS THAT 'HE AND MOLLY (OH GOD SO BEAUTIFUL AND TALENTED) SHANNON' ARE NOT "ME AND MOLLY SHANNON"

screw you nick.

Thanks earhart - I'd personally like a lot more of these - thoughtful responses from former Greeks. I'm not one, and am trying not to be even MORE anti-Greek than I have been in the past, despite these regular news stories.

I really like your point about abrupt 4-yr suspensions, no exceptions. I'd add that no…

...bombing..or giving funding for bombs...or just giving bombs to bomb others...or watching other countries bomb their own citizens or other citizens with bombs we gave them then forgot about...I could go on. But 'bonus weekend' is almost here, and I'm not going to ruin it.

Wading through the comments on this, or anywhere that doesn't completely agree with Israel is gonna be FUN.

"YOUR SOUND LOGIC IS NOT WELCOME HERE"

-Defenders of racists and rapists everywhere.

"YOUR SOUND LOGIC IS NOT WELCOME HERE"
- Defenders of racists and rapists everywhere.

"YOUR SOUND LOGIC IS NOT WELCOME HERE." - Every

Sorry - promising to reply over Halloween weekend was amateurish. I'm lucid and sober and awake (and being adequately bored in a management class) now, so here goes: